After scaling a barbed wire fence next to Interstate 5 early Wednesday, SPD officers contacted a man camping next to an overpass and recovered items stolen in two separate car prowls this summer. Around 6:45 AM, Officers Jamison Maehler and Christopher Couet entered the fenced-off area overlooking I-5 near 9th Avenue and… [ Keep reading ]
Police arrested a 32-year-old man Wednesday in downtown Seattle after he groped a woman as she was leaving work. Officer Ryan Stone was leaving another call at a business at 6th Avenue and Pine Street around 8 PM when he saw a 19-year-old woman running toward him. The woman said… [ Keep reading ]
Two men were wounded in a shooting late Tuesday following a botched drug deal near the Cascade neighborhood. Police responded to reports of gunfire in the 200 block of Minor Avenue just before midnight, and found two men–23 and 31 years old–with gunshot wounds to their legs. Officers interviewed both victims and… [ Keep reading ]
Officers arrested a 38-year-old man Wednesday in downtown Seattle after he attacked three people with a baseball bat. Around 10 AM, the suspect approached a 39-year-old man at Westlake Park and asked for a cigarette. When the man declined, the suspect brandished his bat and struck the victim in the arm. The… [ Keep reading ]
After stealing $800 worth of cologne and pulling a knife on Northgate Mall security Tuesday, a 49-year-old man claimed he had swallowed heroin in an apparent—and ultimately unsuccessful—effort to get out of going to jail. Police were called to the mall around 8 PM after the suspect dashed out of… [ Keep reading ]
Two robbery suspects were caught with a handgun and a backpack full of narcotics early this morning after they robbed two men and led officers on a brief foot chase through Capitol Hill. Officers Jamison Maehler and Christopher Couet were walking a foot patrol near Broadway and East Howell Street just… [ Keep reading ]
Peaches McFly, a bird, was safely returned to his owner Monday after he reportedly car-surfed from his Madison Valley home to Capitol Hill. A concerned citizen flagged down Officers David Allen and Kurt Preuss in the 1400 block of Harvard Avenue around 11:30 PM and informed them a white bird was hanging… [ Keep reading ]
A 39-year-old man was arrested early Saturday after he shouted racial slurs and attacked two men at a SODO hot dog stand shortly after he was ejected from a strip club. Officers were called to the 1500 block of Occidental Avenue around 1:30 AM after receiving a report of a fight…. [ Keep reading ]
A 23-year-old man armed with a stolen handgun was arrested by police Friday morning in an operation targeting drug dealers preying on patients at a SoDo methadone clinic. Around 10 AM, undercover officers purchased a small number of Xanax tablets from the 23-year-old near 6th Avenue South and South Holgate… [ Keep reading ]
Police are looking for a pair of teenage girls suspected of throwing bleach on their victims during two failed robbery attempts Monday evening in South Seattle. The first incident occurred around 7:15 PM in a parking lot in the 9000 block of Rainier Avenue South. A woman was standing next… [ Keep reading ]
